$2.2M Atomic-Age Dwelling a Uncommon Deal with within the Nation’s Capital

A beautiful and uncommon midcentury fashionable dwelling in Washington, DC, is now out there for $2,195,000.

Most residences within the nation’s capital are row houses, stately manors, or condos, so it’s a deal with to see an atomic-age gem in DC.

Inbuilt 1961 and referred to as the A. F. Maxwell Home, the three,344-square-foot, four-bedroom dwelling options glass facades and spacious cantilevered terraces. It was designed by George T. Ward and modified in 1987 by Joan Fabry of Fabry Associates Architects.

“The house was expanded on reasonably seamlessly,” says itemizing agent Christopher Ritzert, of TTR Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty. “It’s a metal beam development. The beams have been prolonged to the roofline, and the decks seem like floating.”

The updates within the late ’80s have been savvy and delicate, designed to protect the house’s distinctive structure. It’s arduous to see what’s authentic and what was modified within the itemizing pictures.

“The house was custom-built, so there are many distinctive options,” Ritzert says. “The inside options taller ceilings which might be 9-foot-5 versus conventional 8-foot ceilings. There may be plenty of glass as properly. The sellers renovated the kitchen and bogs in line with the midcentury fashionable aesthetic.”

Inside, the area now flows seamlessly from room to room.

The addition “opened up the kitchen and adjoining household room,” Ritzert says. “There may be additionally a big sliding window, which is frosted, so you possibly can shut the kitchen off from the eating room.”

The eating room options outsized home windows and is “very massive, as is the kitchen,” he provides. The attractive kitchen “has orange cupboards together with an eight-burner BlueStar commercial-grade vary that options {custom} orange knobs.”

The lounge is vibrant and ethereal with numerous pure gentle. It boasts built-in cupboards, floor-to-ceiling home windows, and delightful hardwood flooring.

There’s additionally a built-in bookcase close to the floating staircase, which results in a beautiful main suite with a non-public terrace.

The house is situated within the Northwest space, about 5 miles from the White Home and some blocks from the Maryland state line.

“The house is situated on a hill within the Kent neighborhood that’s adjoining to the Palisades that runs alongside the Potomac River,” Ritzert says. “It has entry to a number of parks for climbing and canine strolling—and there are many eating places and outlets close by inside strolling distance.”

As for a brand new proprietor, Ritzert thinks it’ll be somebody who won’t know that midcentury fashionable houses will be discovered within the capital.

“It’s the sort of home that somebody who isn’t actively out there for will fall in love with as soon as they see it,” he says. “There are some modernist properties right here, however one of many issues that actually distinguishes this house is that it’s custom-built and is a really snug dimension.”